Events
DICKENS SOCIETY SYMPOSIUM
University of Massachusetts Lowell &
Lowell National Historical Park, Lowell, Massachusetts
13 – 15 July 2012
The Dickens Society will be offering an additional symposium and
Dickens dinner during the bicentenary year. These festivities will
be held at the Lowell National Historical Park on 13-15 July 2012.
Hotel accommodation in downtown Lowell at the UMass Lowell Inn and
Conference Center will provide easy access to a major exhibition at the
National Park: Dickens and Massachusetts: A Tale of Transformation.
The exhibition will include several rare artifacts, including the 1842 portrait
of Dickens by Boston painter Francis Alexander and the Boston Line
Type edition of The Old Curiosity Shop donated by Dickens to the Perkins
School for the Blind in 1868. Interactive elements such as electronically
sensored skull models will enable visitors to try a phrenological reading
of Dickens. The popular Dickens walking tour of Lowell (first offered at
the Dickens and America conference in 2002) and interactive sessions at
the Tsongas Industrial History Center will also be featured offerings of the
symposium.
THE DICKENS SOCIETY’S SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM, BUSINESS MEETING AND DINNER
University of Kent, Canterbury 13th – 15th September 2012
The Dickens Society’s Seventeenth Annual Symposium, Business Meeting and Dinner will be held at the University of Kent, Canterbury. Delegates will have the choice of on-campus housing or hotel accommodation in the city of Canterbury.
Paper proposals on any aspect of Dickens and his works are invited. Final papers should be readable in twenty minutes. Please send one-page proposals electronically, by attachment, to Malcolm Andrews at m.y.andrews@kent.ac.uk David Paroissien paroissien@english.umass.edu and Cathy Waters c.waters@kent.ac.uk no later than March 31, 2012. Details about accommodation, travel and other pertinent information will be made available in due course at the Dickens Quarterly website < http://WWW.dickensquarterly.org> Scholars at all stages of their career are encouraged to submit proposals, and graduate students may register at a reduced fee.